By WES CROSBY<\/p>\n
PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 Spencer Horwitz was hit by a pitch from Anthony Bender with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to bring in the go-ahead run and give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over Miami on Saturday, ending the Marlins\u2019 six-game win streak.<\/p>\n
Bender (1-1) struck out the first two batters of the inning before surrendering singles to Tyler Callihan and Jake Mangum and walking Jared Triolo. On the first pitch following a mound visit, Bender hit Horwitz with a 97 mph sinker to bring home Callihan.<\/p>\n
The Marlins, who had won nine of 10 in June, got a leadoff single from Otto Lopez and a walk to Xavier Edwards in their half of the eighth, but Yohan Ram\u00edrez (4-2) struck out the next three batters.<\/p>\n
Gregory Soto gave up a leadoff single to Esteury Ruiz in the ninth, and Ruiz then stole second. However, Ruiz was tagged out after poor base-running on a grounder to deep shortstop by Javier Sanoja. Soto then got the next two outs for his 10th save.<\/p>\n
Ryan O\u2019Hearn put Pittsburgh ahead in the first with a one-out single off Lake Bachar through the right side of the infield.<\/p>\n
Liam Hicks tied it on a line-drive single with two outs in the third, but Bryan Reynolds gave the Pirates\u2019 a 2-1 lead in the bottom half with an RBI double into the gap in left-center.<\/p>\n
Reynolds robbed Heriberto Hern\u00e1ndez of a potential tying home run the following inning. Hern\u00e1ndez had a called third strike overturned on a successful ABS challenge before sending the next pitch deep to left, backing Reynolds to the wall for a leaping grab.<\/p>\n
Hern\u00e1ndez tied it 2-all by dropping a single into left field with two outs in the sixth after Mason Montgomery relieved rookie right-hander Bubba Chandler, who allowed two runs on three hits with six strikeouts and one walk in 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Pirates RHP Paul Skenes (6-5, 2.84 ERA), looking for his first win since May 12, takes the mound in the series finale Sunday against Marlins RHP Max Meyer (6-0, 2.85).<\/p>\n
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